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Ruler Announces Biggest Heist In History
One of the most important rulers in the world announced, in public, out loud, with no fear of threat, that she and her fellow rulers will steal "no less than…
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Research: Solar Activity Causes High Blood Pressure
In the Class, which I know all readers are dutifully following, bless you, I often cite Tyler Vigen's Spurious Correlations site. It is a glorious (growing) compendium of ridiculous results…
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The Less You Know About Climate, The More You Cry About Climate
Some things, the saying goes, are too good to check. Take the peer-reviewed paper "Environmental knowledge is inversely associated with climate change anxiety" by Hannes Zacher and Cort W. Rudolph…
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Class 35: The Grand Scheme: All Of Probability & Uncertainty In 30 Minutes
Here my friends is the whole of probability and uncertainty, in highlight form. A quick overview of where we have been, what we're doing, and where we're going. All can…
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In Which We Answer The Pressing Question: Is Science Growing Stupider?
I was asked this question the other day: "Is science becoming stupider?" I was forced to answer this way: "Boy, howdy! Science will be lucky to reach stupid the end…
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How To Claim Your Specialty Suffers From “Climate Change”
I've told you innumerable times that scientists are good at finding evidence which supports their fancies, and just as lousy, or lousier because of their egos, than others when finding…
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Climate Change & Gun Violence Research — A Mini-Play In One Act
SCENE: A PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITY DRAMATIS PERSONAE: TWO AGING PRESTIGIOUS ACADEMICS "Hey, dude, we're, like scientists. Maybe we should, like, do some research." "Yeah, man. Do research." "Do research. We definitely…
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Environmental Experts To Rip Out Trees, Build Solar Electric Plant In Snow Belt To “Save The Environment”
I wrote the post below before learning the company that wanted the DNR’s land backed out (yesterday); however, the DNR has similar plans for other plots of land (links and…
